Seneca on Philosophy and Friendship
The Daily Stoic
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🗓️ 30 May 2021
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Today’s episode is an excerpt from The Tao Of Seneca produced by Tim Ferriss’ Audio. In this letter Seneca writes about overcoming troubles without being affected by them, what true friendship really is, how we should value friendship, and more. Go to tim.blog/seneca to get the PDF for free.
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